Barefoot Photography: The Online Photo Blog

Acer Aspire Update:

2009-01-21T00:39:00.002Z

Well, it's been a few days since I brought my Acer Aspire One Netbook. I've been playing around with maany settings and functions, starting with the Linpus O/S that comes pre-installed.

To start off with, the Linpus O/S looks very limited but very easy to use. Large desktop icons set into groups such as Internet, Work, etc. It also has a Settings tab which has basic info for WiFi Settings and the like. By reading some of the forums, you can expand this quite a bit, if you press Alt+F2 it brings up a "run" command which you can enter various things, run programs, and enable further settings, including opening the desktops 'right click' menu, yay. Although useful, it still didn't feel enough like a real laptop for myself - still, friendly and easy to use for most people.

After playing with Linpus, I looked into different Opserating Systems that work with the Acer Aspire One, most it seems. Ubuntu and Fedora 10 are just 2 Linux varients with plenty of support and install guides. It seems that many Operating Systems, including Mac OS X surprisingly, and Windows Vista / XP all install on the Acer Aspire One. My choice has been Windows XP.

XP installed quite harmlessly from an External DVD Drive, however most guides recomment using a USB Flash Stick. It does have a few teething problems, it doesn't like the Solid State Drive for one, but by disabling a few bits and peices, that was easy to overcome. It's now running quite smoothly even with Windows XP SP3, Windows Live Messenger, VLC and V-Lite Kodec packs. Surprisingly, it is even running Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 - sweet!

Anyway, now this is setup how I like it...
Back to working on my photography site :)

Oh, I have also brought an 8GB SD Card to double the netbooks storage, as the 8GB SSD is a little limiting when it has everything installed. 1.2gb free after software installs, so the 8gb SD card (only cost £12) will be nice for file storage. I've also added a tiny Bluetooth module (again, USB, costing under £10) so my Acer netbook is now also Bluetooth enabled :)

Well, that's it for now.
Barefoot Will.

Acer Aspire One

2009-01-19T18:08:00.002Z

Well, I've recently started to re-design my Barefoot Photography site, not a major re-design, just a little re-vamp with code, so it will be set back SLIGHTLY further. So, along with the current re-development, I have also took the time to buy an Acer Aspire One. 8.9" Acer Netbook sporting an 8Gb Solid State HDD, 512mb Ram, and the very user-friendly cut down Linux O/S that is on many netbooks.

Although very user-friendly, I do like having a little more control over my system, so just starting to update the system to Fedora 10. So, I'll keep you up to date.

Barefoot Will.

Barefoot Photography - Facing Delays

2008-12-28T19:19:00.003Z

Well, I was hoping to have a great deal more done to the site by now, but, currently I haven't had much chance to get it completed. As usual, work has found ways to get in the way of my photography, and with it being Christmas as well that has meant putting in the over time. Although I do enjoy Christmas to some extent, working in retail does mean that the majority of it is spent... Well, at work :(

I'm going to be off work for a few days over the start of the New Year, hopefully it will give me a chance to get a little more up-to-date with the site and get everything kicked off to a start.

Well, that is all for me,
Laters,
Barefoot Will.

2006 Completed

2008-04-16T22:25:00.002+01:00

Well, it's taken longer than I expected, been caught up with a lot of things at work lately, and having more going on in my social life, so it's left less time to get photos done. But, everything should now be up to date to the end of 2006. The newer photography, everything taken in '07 and that has already been taken this year will no doubt take much more time to go through, and this is more by my own choice than anything else.

Now that the older photography has been updated, I'm going to be starting more work on my new professional photography site, and a lot of the photography from 2007 will be featured on the site. As I'll be designing the new site from scratch, it's going to be a good couple of months before much of it is online, especially as I intent to be working on other projects at the same time.

So, until the next update, hope you all enjoy the photos on this blog,
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Barefoot Will

Whitecliff

2008-04-16T13:29:00.003+01:00

This photo was taken mainly by chance whilst setting up my camera at Whitecliff to take photos of the fireworks display at Poole Quay. In my personal opinion, it is one of my best night-time landscape photos. Prints Available!

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Barefoot Will

Helen and Monty - Again

2008-04-16T13:08:00.004+01:00

A couple more photos of my ex-girlfriend Helen, and her horse, Monty. Taken sometime in 2006.

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Barefoot Will

Naturists May Be Seen

2008-04-05T19:39:00.002+01:00

This photo was taken in 2006 at my favorite beach, Studland Naturist Beach, the sign is 'warning' other beach users that they may see people sunbathing and swimming nude after that point...
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Barefoot Will

Studland Sunset

2008-04-05T19:29:00.003+01:00

This was probably one of my all-time favorite sunset photos, taken at Shell Bay of the sun setting behind the dunes and signs whilst walking back from Studland Naturist Beach. This photo is available as a Print from Deviant Art.
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Barefoot Will

Gothic Helen

2008-04-05T19:10:00.006+01:00

These photos were taken in 2006 of my ex-girlfriend, Helen, when she was slightly 'gothed up'. The full 'set' is available on flickr.com here.
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Barefoot Will

Helen

2008-04-05T00:12:00.004+01:00

This is my all-time favorite photo of my ex-girlfriend, Helen. She supported England in the World Cup, and brought the shirt from work, (we both worked at JJB Sports at the time), and this was taken purely by chance when we were chilling out. Always loved her eyes in this photo!
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Barefoot Will

Alexandra Lights

2008-04-04T23:34:00.005+01:00

This was a photo taken late in the evening (around midnight) in light rain of the street lamps through Alexandra Park.
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Barefoot Will

Up To 2006!

2008-03-31T21:52:00.002+01:00

Well, over the last month, since this blog was created, I have been going through my older photography, adding the better photos, (in my own opinion, and those can include things that are more, sentimental than actually just good photos), to this blog. I have gone through quite a few, updating bits and pieces as I go, deleting various old photos, creating more up-to-date backups and the like.

Hopefully you all like at least some of the latest posts that have been added here. I'm now up to all my photography from 2006, so the next uploads you may notice a slight difference in the style of photography! You may also notice a decline of portrait style work, and an increase of landscapes, seascapes and nature photography being added!

That is all for tonight,
Barefoot Will.

Camilla - The Devils Horsemen

2008-03-31T20:56:00.005+01:00

These two photos were taken of Camilla, the youngest show rider of The Devils Horsemen when she was performing live at The New Forest Show, 2005.

Helen and her Horses '05

2008-03-25T22:28:00.005Z

The following two photos were taken of my ex-girlfriend, Helen, with her horse, Monty. The full set of these photos can be found on my flickr.com gallery, here.
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Barefoot Will

Kelly b+w

2008-03-24T21:11:00.004Z

This photo of my ex-girlfriend Kelly was taken at Alexandra Park, close to where I live with a Fujifilm S7000 camera, sometime back in 2005
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Barefoot Will

Sunset at Sand Banks '05

2008-03-24T20:54:00.004Z

The setting sun over Sand Banks Bay, taken summer 2005.
You can view the whole set here.

Enjoy,
Barefoot Will.

Branksome Moon '05

2008-03-24T20:28:00.004Z

This photo of the moon was taken from Branksome Beach looking out to sea...

Enjoy,
Barefoot Will.

Studland Photography

2008-03-23T20:11:00.004Z

This photo is taken from a small set of photos of Kelly and Laura that were taken in 2003.

You may view the whole set here:
flickr Studland Photography set.

Well, that is all for now,
Barefoot Will.

Kelly 2003

2008-03-23T16:14:00.003Z

Another photo of Kelly, this was taken back in 2003.

Barefoot Will

Kelly - Portrait '03

2008-03-23T15:54:00.004Z

This is an old portrait of Kelly, taken in 2003.

Laters,
Barefoot Will.

Laura - Beach Wear '03

2008-03-23T15:36:00.002Z

This is one of eight photos of Laura, taken in Summer 2003 when she was posing for a beach wear style photography set.

You can view all the other photos of this set on my flickr gallery, here.

Enjoy,
Barefoot Will.

Kelly and I, Studland Beach

2008-03-22T18:28:00.003Z

This was taken during one of the first times Kelly and I went to Studland beach together.

Just another quick update really,
Barefoot Will.

Snowy Portrait

2008-03-22T18:23:00.003Z

A photo taken of my ex-girlfriend, Kelly, in the snow.

Laters,
Barefoot Will.

Kelly and I, an old photo!

2008-03-22T17:31:00.003Z

This is a REALLY old photo, taken back in 2001 or 2002, of myself and my ex-girlfriend, Kelly, when we were first going out.

More Posts To Come,
Barefoot Will.

Dizzy

2008-03-21T15:19:00.003Z

This is my ex-girlfriends pet cat, Dizzy, when he was still a cute little kitten - taken in 2003. More photos available here.

Enjoy,
Barefoot Will.